05-28-2008, 03:22 AM | #1 |
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Feedbooks will launch e-book reader this fall
According to Jean Michel Billaut (Google Translation):
"...Feedbooks, a young French start-up that has developed the first platform for downloading digital books multi-formats, including the famous ePub, Feedbooks therefore, will market its own e-reader at the beginning of next, in large retailers in France. " |
05-28-2008, 05:43 AM | #2 |
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Congrats to Hadrian and the Feedbooks team. This is really cool!
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05-28-2008, 06:26 AM | #3 |
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hey ! brilliant news ! i wonder what other exciting developpements Hadrien is keeping under his hat so Hadrien can you tell us some details about this reader ? some technical specs for example ? enquiring minds what to know !!! maybe my future e-ink liseuse will be from feedbooks....
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05-28-2008, 08:11 AM | #4 |
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At Feedbooks-Team and Hadrien! This is indeed cool news - Congratulations! - Your iLiad support is great and now I only miss some German newspapers, but that seems to me *just* am matter of parsing the websites, which is surely a big pile of work to do .
Btw. for all of you who love free ebooks I recommend to visit another amazing French website: http://www.jamendo.com <- free music for nearly every taste. Cheers, Nergal |
05-28-2008, 10:43 AM | #5 |
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Could this possibly be the Astak. Astak is associated with Feedbooks and Astak said they would start hitting the market this summer.
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05-28-2008, 11:19 AM | #6 |
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Cool! Since feedbooks has been doing a far better job of supporting my iLiad than iRex has, perhaps my next e-reader should be one of theirs. I look forward to further news...
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05-28-2008, 11:23 AM | #7 |
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Congratulations to Hadrian and team! This is wonderful news.
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05-28-2008, 12:24 PM | #8 |
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My mistake...
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05-28-2008, 12:31 PM | #9 |
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Hey, you corrected it, though -- that's pretty sharp of you.
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05-28-2008, 12:45 PM | #10 |
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methinks Hadrien has been conspicuously absent from the discussion for too long... oooh Haaaadrieeeen, where aaaare you ?
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05-28-2008, 12:49 PM | #11 |
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"Republic of Texas embassy.."?????
Are you a hundred years or so out of date... Alyson (Native Texan) |
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05-28-2008, 01:03 PM | #13 |
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see my personal message to you.
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I'm doing a lot of changes on the service right now, we'll have a very powerful and standard API once it's ready (a full REST architecture). Concerning the device: - it'll be a 6" device based on Linux 2.6 - it'll be released through a large retailer in France around september/october - available through specialized retailers and online later this year We're dedicating our resources to what we consider the most basic features that any reader should have such as (just a few examples): - the ability to browse through books using folders OR metadata - a real bookmarking system that works well (something that the Sony did very well, but lacking on the iLiad and not really useful on the Cybook) - simple yet customizable UI I won't get too much into details yet, we'll do a real presentation once we're ready (screenshots, videos etc...). |
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05-28-2008, 02:49 PM | #15 |
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sounds great !!! maybe i just found my new e-ink liseuse... do you have an idea of the price yet ?
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